Summary

The American Pageant has long enjoyed a deserved reputation as one of the most accessible, popular, and effective textbooks in the field of American history. The eleventh edition, written by authors David Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen, preserve the basic features that have made the text unique, while incorporating the rich new scholarship in social, economic, cultural and intellectual history that has appeared since the last edition.

New to the 11th edition are enhanced discussions of the roles of women, expanded treatment of working-class life, a thoroughly updated account of the Reconstruction, substantial coverage of African American and Native American history, and careful investigation of social, political, and cultural themes in the post-World War II period.

To help students understand the complexity of the past, The American Pageant is now divided into six parts, each with a part introduction that sets the period into context.

The Varying Viewpoints essays, which offer overviews of the scholarly debates that have surrounded major historical issues and encourage students to think critically about ways historians disagree, have been consolidated into more substantial discussions of 22 major controversies in U.S. history.

Five new Makers of America essays--which focus on the diverse groups that make up America's pluralistic society--cover the Loyalists during the Revolution, the pioneers of the old Northwest, the Oneida Community, the Knights of Labor, and the suburbanites of the post-World War II era.

A contemporary new design and revised map program further enhance the book's clarity and vividness.

Table of Contents

Volume 2 Contents:

III. Forging an Industrial Society

24. Politics in the Gilded Age, 1869-1889

Ulysses S. Grant, soldier-president Corruption and reform in the post-Civil War era The depression of the 1870's Political parties and partisans The Compromise of 1877 and the end of Reconstruction Class conflict and ethnic clashes Civil-service reform Grover Cleveland and the tariff Makers of America: The Chinese

25. Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

The railroad boom Speculators and financiers Early efforts at government regulation Lords of industry Industry in the South The laboring class The rise of trade unions Makers of America: The Knights of Labor Varying Viewpoints: Industrialization: Boom or Blight?

26. America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The rise of the city Skyscrapers, tenements, and suburbs The "New Immigrants" Settlement houses and social workers New jobs for women Nativists and immigration restriction Churches in the city Black leaders: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois Literary achievements The urban family The "New Woman" and the new morality Art, music, and entertainment in urban America Makers of America: The Italians

27. The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1890

The conquest of the Indians The mining and cattle frontiers Free lands and fraud The industrialization of agriculture Frontier, West, and nation The Populist protest Makers of America: The Plains Indians Varying Viewpoints: Was the West Really "Won"?

28. The Revolt of the Debtor, 1889-1900

President Harrison and the "Billion-Dollar Congress" Challenge from the People's Party Cleveland regains the White House, 1892 The panic of 1893 The Pullman strike, 1894 The Wilson-Gorman Tariff, 1894 Bryan versus McKinley, 1896 Varying Viewpoints: The Populists: Radicals or Reactionaries?

29. The Path of Empire, 1890-1899

The sources of American expansionism Cleveland and the Venezuelan boundary dispute, 1895-1896 The explosion of the Maine, February 15, 1898 The Spanish-American War, 1898 The liberation of Cuba Acquiring Hawaii (1898), Puerto Rico (1898), and the Philippines (1899) Makers of America: The Puerto Ricans

V. Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad

30. America on the World Stage, 1899-1909

Crushing the Filipino insurrection The Open Door notes, 1899 and 1900 TR becomes president, 1901 The Panama Canal The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904 Roosevelt and the Far East Makers of America: The Filipinos Varying Viewpoints: Why Did America Become a World Power?

31. Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

The muckrakers The politics of progressivism Women battle for the vote and against the saloon Roosevelt, labor, and the trusts Consumer protection Conservation Roosevelt's legacy The troubled presidency of William Howard Taft Taft's "dollar diplomacy" Roosevelt breaks with Taft

32. Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912-1916

The election of 1912: The New Freedom versus the New Nationalism Wilson, the tariff, the banks, and the trusts Wilson's diplomacy in Mexico War in Europe and American neutrality The re-election of Wilson, 1916 Varying Viewpoints: Who Were the Progressives?

33. The War to End War, 1917-1918

German submarines push America into war, 1917 Wilsonian idealism and the Fourteen Points Propaganda and civil liberties Workers, blacks, and women on the home front Drafting soldiers The American Expeditionary Force fights in France Wilsonian peacemaking at Paris The Senate rejects the Versailles Treaty Varying Viewpoints: Woodrow Wilson: Realist or Idealist?

34. American Life in the Roaring Twenties, 1919-1929

The "red scare," 1919-1920 Immigration restriction, 1921-1924 Prohibition and gangsterism The emergence of a mass-consumption economy The automobile age Radio and the movies Music and literature in the "delirious decade" The economic boom Makers of America: The Poles

35. The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920-1932

The Republicans return to power, 1921 Disarmament and isolation The Harding scandals Calvin Coolidge's foreign policies The international debt snarl Herbert Hoover, cautious progressive The great crash, 1929 Hoover and the Great Depression Aggression in Asia "Good Neighbors" in Latin America

36. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1933-1938

The Hundred Days Congress, 1933 The National Recovery Administration, 1933-1935 The Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1936 The Social Security Act, 1935 The election of 1936 and the "Roosevelt coalition" The Supreme Court fight, 1937 Makers of America: The Dust Bowl Migrants Varying Viewpoints: How Radical Was the New Deal?

37. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933-1941

Roosevelt's early foreign policies German and Japanese aggression The Neutrality Acts, 1935-1939 The destroyer-bases deal with Britain, 1940 The Lend-Lease Act, 1941 The Atlantic Charter, 1941 The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 Makers of America: Refugees from the Holocaust

38. America in World War II, 1941-1945

The internment of Japanese-Americans The war ends the New Deal Mobilizing the economy Women in wartime The war's effect on African-Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican-Americans The economic and social impact of war Turning the Japanese tide in the Pacific Campaigns in North Africa (1942) and Italy (1943) "D-Day" in Normandy (France), June 6, 1944 Germany surrenders, May 1945 The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945 Makers of America: The Japanese Makers of America: The Great African-American Migration Varying Viewpoints: World War II: Triumph or Tragedy?

VI. Creating Modern America

39. The Cold War Begins, 1945-1952

Postwar prosperity The rise of the "Sunbelt" The rush to the suburbs The postwar baby boom Harry S. Truman as president The Yalta Conference, February 1945 Origins of the Cold War The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the United Nations The containment doctrine The Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO Anti-communism at home The outbreak of the Korean War, 1950 Makers of America: The Suburbanites Varying Viewpoints: Who Was to Blame for the Cold War?

40. The Eisenhower Era, 1952-1960

The election of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 The menace of McCarthyism Desegregating the South Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and the seeds of the civil rights revolution The emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr. Eisenhower Republicanism The Suez Canal crisis, 1956 The space race and other contests with the Soviet Union John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon for the presidency, 1960 Changing economic roles for men and women The flowering of consumer culture in the 1950s Postwar literature

41. The Stormy Sixties, 1960-1968

The Kennedy spirit The abortive Bay of Pigs invasion (1961) and the missile crisis (1962) in Cuba The struggle for civil rights Kennedy assassinated, November 22, 1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Great Society The civil rights revolution explodes The Vietnam disaster The election of Richard Nixon, 1968 The cultural upheaval of the 1960s Varying Viewpoints: The Sixties: Constructive or Destructive?

42. The Stalemated Seventies, 1968-1980

The end of the postwar economic boom Nixon and the Vietnam War New policies toward the Soviet Union and China Nixon and the Supreme Court Nixon's Domestic Program Nixon trounces McGovern, 1972 The Watergate scandal Israelis, Arabs, and oil Nixon resigns, August 9, 1974 The Ford interlude The election of Jimmy Carter, 1976 Carter's diplomatic successes in Panama and the Middle East The energy crisis and inflation The Iranian hostage humiliation Makers of America: The Vietnamese

43. The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1980-1996

The "new right" and Reagan's election, 1980 Budget battles and tax cuts Reagan and the Soviets Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, and the thawing of the Cold War The Iran-contra scandal Reagan's economic legacy Reagan and the "social issues" The election of George Bush, 1988 The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe The dissolution of the Soviet Union, 1991 The Persian Gulf War, 1991 Bush's battles at home The election of Bill Clinton, 1992 The Republicans win control of Congress, 1994 The re-election of Clinton, 1996 Varying Viewpoints: Where Did Modern Conservatism Come From?

44. The American People Face a New Century

The past and the future The emergence of a "post-industrial" economy The feminist revolution The transformation of the family The newest immigrants Cities and suburbs Minorities in modern America American culture at century's end The American prospect Makers of America: The Latinos

Appendix

Declaration of Independence Constitution of the United States of America An American Profile: The United States and Its People Population, Percentage Change, and Racial Composition for the United States, 1790-1990 Population Density and Distribution, 1790-1990 Changing Characteristics of the U.S. Population Changing Life-styles in the Twentieth Century Characteristics of the U.S. Labor Force Leading Economic Sectors Per Capita Disposable Personal Income in Constant (1987) Dollars, 1940-1994 Comparative Tax Burdens Value of Imports by Place of Origin Value of U.S. Exports by Destination The U.S. Balance of Trade, 1900-1994 Tariff Levies on Dutiable Imports, 1821-1994 Gross Domestic Product in Current and Constant (1995) Dollars Presidential Elections Presidents and Vice Presidents Admission of States Estimates of Total Costs and Number of Battle Deaths of Major U.S. Wars

Other Editions of American Pageant : A History of the Republic, Volume II (Text Only)

The American Pageant has long enjoyed a deserved reputation as one of the most accessible, popular, and effective textbooks in the field of American history. The eleventh edition, written by authors David Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen, preserve the basic features that have made the text unique, while incorporating the rich new scholarship in social, economic, cultural and intellectual history that has appeared since the last edition.

New to the 11th edition are enhanced discussions of the roles of women, expanded treatment of working-class life, a thoroughly updated account of the Reconstruction, substantial coverage of African American and Native American history, and careful investigation of social, political, and cultural themes in the post-World War II period.

To help students understand the complexity of the past, The American Pageant is now divided into six parts, each with a part introduction that sets the period into context.

The Varying Viewpoints essays, which offer overviews of the scholarly debates that have surrounded major historical issues and encourage students to think critically about ways historians disagree, have been consolidated into more substantial discussions of 22 major controversies in U.S. history.

Five new Makers of America essays--which focus on the diverse groups that make up America's pluralistic society--cover the Loyalists during the Revolution, the pioneers of the old Northwest, the Oneida Community, the Knights of Labor, and the suburbanites of the post-World War II era.

A contemporary new design and revised map program further enhance the book's clarity and vividness.

Ulysses S. Grant, soldier-president Corruption and reform in the post-Civil War era The depression of the 1870's Political parties and partisans The Compromise of 1877 and the end of Reconstruction Class conflict and ethnic clashes Civil-service reform Grover Cleveland and the tariff Makers of America: The Chinese

25. Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

The railroad boom Speculators and financiers Early efforts at government regulation Lords of industry Industry in the South The laboring class The rise of trade unions Makers of America: The Knights of Labor Varying Viewpoints: Industrialization: Boom or Blight?

26. America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The rise of the city Skyscrapers, tenements, and suburbs The "New Immigrants" Settlement houses and social workers New jobs for women Nativists and immigration restriction Churches in the city Black leaders: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois Literary achievements The urban family The "New Woman" and the new morality Art, music, and entertainment in urban America Makers of America: The Italians

27. The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1890

The conquest of the Indians The mining and cattle frontiers Free lands and fraud The industrialization of agriculture Frontier, West, and nation The Populist protest Makers of America: The Plains Indians Varying Viewpoints: Was the West Really "Won"?

28. The Revolt of the Debtor, 1889-1900

President Harrison and the "Billion-Dollar Congress" Challenge from the People's Party Cleveland regains the White House, 1892 The panic of 1893 The Pullman strike, 1894 The Wilson-Gorman Tariff, 1894 Bryan versus McKinley, 1896 Varying Viewpoints: The Populists: Radicals or Reactionaries?

29. The Path of Empire, 1890-1899

The sources of American expansionism Cleveland and the Venezuelan boundary dispute, 1895-1896 The explosion of the Maine, February 15, 1898 The Spanish-American War, 1898 The liberation of Cuba Acquiring Hawaii (1898), Puerto Rico (1898), and the Philippines (1899) Makers of America: The Puerto Ricans

V. Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad

30. America on the World Stage, 1899-1909

Crushing the Filipino insurrection The Open Door notes, 1899 and 1900 TR becomes president, 1901 The Panama Canal The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904 Roosevelt and the Far East Makers of America: The Filipinos Varying Viewpoints: Why Did America Become a World Power?

31. Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

The muckrakers The politics of progressivism Women battle for the vote and against the saloon Roosevelt, labor, and the trusts Consumer protection Conservation Roosevelt's legacy The troubled presidency of William Howard Taft Taft's "dollar diplomacy" Roosevelt breaks with Taft

32. Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912-1916

The election of 1912: The New Freedom versus the New Nationalism Wilson, the tariff, the banks, and the trusts Wilson's diplomacy in Mexico War in Europe and American neutrality The re-election of Wilson, 1916 Varying Viewpoints: Who Were the Progressives?

33. The War to End War, 1917-1918

German submarines push America into war, 1917 Wilsonian idealism and the Fourteen Points Propaganda and civil liberties Workers, blacks, and women on the home front Drafting soldiers The American Expeditionary Force fights in France Wilsonian peacemaking at Paris The Senate rejects the Versailles Treaty Varying Viewpoints: Woodrow Wilson: Realist or Idealist?

34. American Life in the Roaring Twenties, 1919-1929

The "red scare," 1919-1920 Immigration restriction, 1921-1924 Prohibition and gangsterism The emergence of a mass-consumption economy The automobile age Radio and the movies Music and literature in the "delirious decade" The economic boom Makers of America: The Poles

35. The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920-1932

The Republicans return to power, 1921 Disarmament and isolation The Harding scandals Calvin Coolidge's foreign policies The international debt snarl Herbert Hoover, cautious progressive The great crash, 1929 Hoover and the Great Depression Aggression in Asia "Good Neighbors" in Latin America

36. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1933-1938

The Hundred Days Congress, 1933 The National Recovery Administration, 1933-1935 The Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1936 The Social Security Act, 1935 The election of 1936 and the "Roosevelt coalition" The Supreme Court fight, 1937 Makers of America: The Dust Bowl Migrants Varying Viewpoints: How Radical Was the New Deal?

37. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933-1941

Roosevelt's early foreign policies German and Japanese aggression The Neutrality Acts, 1935-1939 The destroyer-bases deal with Britain, 1940 The Lend-Lease Act, 1941 The Atlantic Charter, 1941 The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 Makers of America: Refugees from the Holocaust

38. America in World War II, 1941-1945

The internment of Japanese-Americans The war ends the New Deal Mobilizing the economy Women in wartime The war's effect on African-Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican-Americans The economic and social impact of war Turning the Japanese tide in the Pacific Campaigns in North Africa (1942) and Italy (1943) "D-Day" in Normandy (France), June 6, 1944 Germany surrenders, May 1945 The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945 Makers of America: The Japanese Makers of America: The Great African-American Migration Varying Viewpoints: World War II: Triumph or Tragedy?

VI. Creating Modern America

39. The Cold War Begins, 1945-1952

Postwar prosperity The rise of the "Sunbelt" The rush to the suburbs The postwar baby boom Harry S. Truman as president The Yalta Conference, February 1945 Origins of the Cold War The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the United Nations The containment doctrine The Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO Anti-communism at home The outbreak of the Korean War, 1950 Makers of America: The Suburbanites Varying Viewpoints: Who Was to Blame for the Cold War?

40. The Eisenhower Era, 1952-1960

The election of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 The menace of McCarthyism Desegregating the South Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and the seeds of the civil rights revolution The emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr. Eisenhower Republicanism The Suez Canal crisis, 1956 The space race and other contests with the Soviet Union John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon for the presidency, 1960 Changing economic roles for men and women The flowering of consumer culture in the 1950s Postwar literature

41. The Stormy Sixties, 1960-1968

The Kennedy spirit The abortive Bay of Pigs invasion (1961) and the missile crisis (1962) in Cuba The struggle for civil rights Kennedy assassinated, November 22, 1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Great Society The civil rights revolution explodes The Vietnam disaster The election of Richard Nixon, 1968 The cultural upheaval of the 1960s Varying Viewpoints: The Sixties: Constructive or Destructive?

42. The Stalemated Seventies, 1968-1980

The end of the postwar economic boom Nixon and the Vietnam War New policies toward the Soviet Union and China Nixon and the Supreme Court Nixon's Domestic Program Nixon trounces McGovern, 1972 The Watergate scandal Israelis, Arabs, and oil Nixon resigns, August 9, 1974 The Ford interlude The election of Jimmy Carter, 1976 Carter's diplomatic successes in Panama and the Middle East The energy crisis and inflation The Iranian hostage humiliation Makers of America: The Vietnamese

43. The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1980-1996

The "new right" and Reagan's election, 1980 Budget battles and tax cuts Reagan and the Soviets Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, and the thawing of the Cold War The Iran-contra scandal Reagan's economic legacy Reagan and the "social issues" The election of George Bush, 1988 The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe The dissolution of the Soviet Union, 1991 The Persian Gulf War, 1991 Bush's battles at home The election of Bill Clinton, 1992 The Republicans win control of Congress, 1994 The re-election of Clinton, 1996 Varying Viewpoints: Where Did Modern Conservatism Come From?

44. The American People Face a New Century

The past and the future The emergence of a "post-industrial" economy The feminist revolution The transformation of the family The newest immigrants Cities and suburbs Minorities in modern America American culture at century's end The American prospect Makers of America: The Latinos

Appendix

Declaration of Independence Constitution of the United States of America An American Profile: The United States and Its People Population, Percentage Change, and Racial Composition for the United States, 1790-1990 Population Density and Distribution, 1790-1990 Changing Characteristics of the U.S. Population Changing Life-styles in the Twentieth Century Characteristics of the U.S. Labor Force Leading Economic Sectors Per Capita Disposable Personal Income in Constant (1987) Dollars, 1940-1994 Comparative Tax Burdens Value of Imports by Place of Origin Value of U.S. Exports by Destination The U.S. Balance of Trade, 1900-1994 Tariff Levies on Dutiable Imports, 1821-1994 Gross Domestic Product in Current and Constant (1995) Dollars Presidential Elections Presidents and Vice Presidents Admission of States Estimates of Total Costs and Number of Battle Deaths of Major U.S. Wars

Summary

The American Pageant has long enjoyed a deserved reputation as one of the most accessible, popular, and effective textbooks in the field of American history. The eleventh edition, written by authors David Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen, preserve the basic features that have made the text unique, while incorporating the rich new scholarship in social, economic, cultural and intellectual history that has appeared since the last edition.

New to the 11th edition are enhanced discussions of the roles of women, expanded treatment of working-class life, a thoroughly updated account of the Reconstruction, substantial coverage of African American and Native American history, and careful investigation of social, political, and cultural themes in the post-World War II period.

To help students understand the complexity of the past, The American Pageant is now divided into six parts, each with a part introduction that sets the period into context.

The Varying Viewpoints essays, which offer overviews of the scholarly debates that have surrounded major historical issues and encourage students to think critically about ways historians disagree, have been consolidated into more substantial discussions of 22 major controversies in U.S. history.

Five new Makers of America essays--which focus on the diverse groups that make up America's pluralistic society--cover the Loyalists during the Revolution, the pioneers of the old Northwest, the Oneida Community, the Knights of Labor, and the suburbanites of the post-World War II era.

A contemporary new design and revised map program further enhance the book's clarity and vividness.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Volume 2 Contents:

III. Forging an Industrial Society

24. Politics in the Gilded Age, 1869-1889

Ulysses S. Grant, soldier-president Corruption and reform in the post-Civil War era The depression of the 1870's Political parties and partisans The Compromise of 1877 and the end of Reconstruction Class conflict and ethnic clashes Civil-service reform Grover Cleveland and the tariff Makers of America: The Chinese

25. Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

The railroad boom Speculators and financiers Early efforts at government regulation Lords of industry Industry in the South The laboring class The rise of trade unions Makers of America: The Knights of Labor Varying Viewpoints: Industrialization: Boom or Blight?

26. America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The rise of the city Skyscrapers, tenements, and suburbs The "New Immigrants" Settlement houses and social workers New jobs for women Nativists and immigration restriction Churches in the city Black leaders: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois Literary achievements The urban family The "New Woman" and the new morality Art, music, and entertainment in urban America Makers of America: The Italians

27. The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1890

The conquest of the Indians The mining and cattle frontiers Free lands and fraud The industrialization of agriculture Frontier, West, and nation The Populist protest Makers of America: The Plains Indians Varying Viewpoints: Was the West Really "Won"?

28. The Revolt of the Debtor, 1889-1900

President Harrison and the "Billion-Dollar Congress" Challenge from the People's Party Cleveland regains the White House, 1892 The panic of 1893 The Pullman strike, 1894 The Wilson-Gorman Tariff, 1894 Bryan versus McKinley, 1896 Varying Viewpoints: The Populists: Radicals or Reactionaries?

29. The Path of Empire, 1890-1899

The sources of American expansionism Cleveland and the Venezuelan boundary dispute, 1895-1896 The explosion of the Maine, February 15, 1898 The Spanish-American War, 1898 The liberation of Cuba Acquiring Hawaii (1898), Puerto Rico (1898), and the Philippines (1899) Makers of America: The Puerto Ricans

V. Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad

30. America on the World Stage, 1899-1909

Crushing the Filipino insurrection The Open Door notes, 1899 and 1900 TR becomes president, 1901 The Panama Canal The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, 1904 Roosevelt and the Far East Makers of America: The Filipinos Varying Viewpoints: Why Did America Become a World Power?

31. Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

The muckrakers The politics of progressivism Women battle for the vote and against the saloon Roosevelt, labor, and the trusts Consumer protection Conservation Roosevelt's legacy The troubled presidency of William Howard Taft Taft's "dollar diplomacy" Roosevelt breaks with Taft

32. Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912-1916

The election of 1912: The New Freedom versus the New Nationalism Wilson, the tariff, the banks, and the trusts Wilson's diplomacy in Mexico War in Europe and American neutrality The re-election of Wilson, 1916 Varying Viewpoints: Who Were the Progressives?

33. The War to End War, 1917-1918

German submarines push America into war, 1917 Wilsonian idealism and the Fourteen Points Propaganda and civil liberties Workers, blacks, and women on the home front Drafting soldiers The American Expeditionary Force fights in France Wilsonian peacemaking at Paris The Senate rejects the Versailles Treaty Varying Viewpoints: Woodrow Wilson: Realist or Idealist?

34. American Life in the Roaring Twenties, 1919-1929

The "red scare," 1919-1920 Immigration restriction, 1921-1924 Prohibition and gangsterism The emergence of a mass-consumption economy The automobile age Radio and the movies Music and literature in the "delirious decade" The economic boom Makers of America: The Poles

35. The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920-1932

The Republicans return to power, 1921 Disarmament and isolation The Harding scandals Calvin Coolidge's foreign policies The international debt snarl Herbert Hoover, cautious progressive The great crash, 1929 Hoover and the Great Depression Aggression in Asia "Good Neighbors" in Latin America

36. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1933-1938

The Hundred Days Congress, 1933 The National Recovery Administration, 1933-1935 The Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1936 The Social Security Act, 1935 The election of 1936 and the "Roosevelt coalition" The Supreme Court fight, 1937 Makers of America: The Dust Bowl Migrants Varying Viewpoints: How Radical Was the New Deal?

37. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933-1941

Roosevelt's early foreign policies German and Japanese aggression The Neutrality Acts, 1935-1939 The destroyer-bases deal with Britain, 1940 The Lend-Lease Act, 1941 The Atlantic Charter, 1941 The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 Makers of America: Refugees from the Holocaust

38. America in World War II, 1941-1945

The internment of Japanese-Americans The war ends the New Deal Mobilizing the economy Women in wartime The war's effect on African-Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican-Americans The economic and social impact of war Turning the Japanese tide in the Pacific Campaigns in North Africa (1942) and Italy (1943) "D-Day" in Normandy (France), June 6, 1944 Germany surrenders, May 1945 The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945 Makers of America: The Japanese Makers of America: The Great African-American Migration Varying Viewpoints: World War II: Triumph or Tragedy?

VI. Creating Modern America

39. The Cold War Begins, 1945-1952

Postwar prosperity The rise of the "Sunbelt" The rush to the suburbs The postwar baby boom Harry S. Truman as president The Yalta Conference, February 1945 Origins of the Cold War The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the United Nations The containment doctrine The Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO Anti-communism at home The outbreak of the Korean War, 1950 Makers of America: The Suburbanites Varying Viewpoints: Who Was to Blame for the Cold War?

40. The Eisenhower Era, 1952-1960

The election of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 The menace of McCarthyism Desegregating the South Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and the seeds of the civil rights revolution The emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr. Eisenhower Republicanism The Suez Canal crisis, 1956 The space race and other contests with the Soviet Union John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon for the presidency, 1960 Changing economic roles for men and women The flowering of consumer culture in the 1950s Postwar literature

41. The Stormy Sixties, 1960-1968

The Kennedy spirit The abortive Bay of Pigs invasion (1961) and the missile crisis (1962) in Cuba The struggle for civil rights Kennedy assassinated, November 22, 1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson and the Great Society The civil rights revolution explodes The Vietnam disaster The election of Richard Nixon, 1968 The cultural upheaval of the 1960s Varying Viewpoints: The Sixties: Constructive or Destructive?

42. The Stalemated Seventies, 1968-1980

The end of the postwar economic boom Nixon and the Vietnam War New policies toward the Soviet Union and China Nixon and the Supreme Court Nixon's Domestic Program Nixon trounces McGovern, 1972 The Watergate scandal Israelis, Arabs, and oil Nixon resigns, August 9, 1974 The Ford interlude The election of Jimmy Carter, 1976 Carter's diplomatic successes in Panama and the Middle East The energy crisis and inflation The Iranian hostage humiliation Makers of America: The Vietnamese

43. The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1980-1996

The "new right" and Reagan's election, 1980 Budget battles and tax cuts Reagan and the Soviets Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, and the thawing of the Cold War The Iran-contra scandal Reagan's economic legacy Reagan and the "social issues" The election of George Bush, 1988 The collapse of communism in Eastern Europe The dissolution of the Soviet Union, 1991 The Persian Gulf War, 1991 Bush's battles at home The election of Bill Clinton, 1992 The Republicans win control of Congress, 1994 The re-election of Clinton, 1996 Varying Viewpoints: Where Did Modern Conservatism Come From?

44. The American People Face a New Century

The past and the future The emergence of a "post-industrial" economy The feminist revolution The transformation of the family The newest immigrants Cities and suburbs Minorities in modern America American culture at century's end The American prospect Makers of America: The Latinos

Appendix

Declaration of Independence Constitution of the United States of America An American Profile: The United States and Its People Population, Percentage Change, and Racial Composition for the United States, 1790-1990 Population Density and Distribution, 1790-1990 Changing Characteristics of the U.S. Population Changing Life-styles in the Twentieth Century Characteristics of the U.S. Labor Force Leading Economic Sectors Per Capita Disposable Personal Income in Constant (1987) Dollars, 1940-1994 Comparative Tax Burdens Value of Imports by Place of Origin Value of U.S. Exports by Destination The U.S. Balance of Trade, 1900-1994 Tariff Levies on Dutiable Imports, 1821-1994 Gross Domestic Product in Current and Constant (1995) Dollars Presidential Elections Presidents and Vice Presidents Admission of States Estimates of Total Costs and Number of Battle Deaths of Major U.S. Wars